Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital Chapter 284: Awakening Once More

After Qu Xiaofeng left, Liu ng said to Zhao Heng, "Dr. Zhao, even though Dr. Qu hasn’t been promoted to associate chief physician for many years, his skills are higher than those of many who have that title."

Liu ng could empathize with the fact that even though Qu Xiaofeng clearly had the skills of an attending physician or higher, he still hadn’t gained the title of associate chief physician.

In reality, after working for a while, the gap in skills between two similar titles, such as a senior attending physician and an associate chief physician, isn’t that significant.

Liu ng was in the sa boat. She’s been working as a resident doctor for many years, and logically, her level was no different from that of an attending physician.

But the reality is, in every hospital, in every departnt, the number of positions above resident doctor, including associate chief physician and chief physician, is limited.

For every doctor, titles are both loved and hated; on one hand, everyone wants to strive for them, but on the other hand, there are many complaints about the system.

The level of a title can, to so extent, be a basic asure of a doctor’s skills. It’s also an important label for finding one’s place within their team; a doctor’s academic status and inco are closely related to their title.

"The difficulty of title promotion these days is imnse. It requires a lot of effort and dedication. Under the current system, to get a title above middle rank, you need enough working years, complete daily rounds, finish so projects, and publish enough papers, and sotis even do teaching and rural service, all these sundry tasks."

Zhao Heng nodded, also feeling deeply.

"Yes, dical resources are severely insufficient right now. Just managing daily clinical work is already overwhelming, let alone conducting research. In big hospitals like ours, it’s still manageable, but in so basic hospitals, there are simply no conditions to carry out research."

Liu ng remarked emotionally that when she completed her undergraduate degree, only a few classmates chose to pursue further studies, while others went straight into jobs, returning ho and working in basic hospitals.

And in basic hospitals, the space for advancent is very limited.

"Dr. Liu, if you co to the inpatient departnt, don’t worry about papers and research."

Zhao Heng said.

He spoke with confidence because, in the field of stem cell therapy, practically every patient could beco the subject of a paper.

He was a prolific writer of dical papers; many of the cases at hand could be written into papers if ti allowed.

"Mm."

Liu ng nodded, happily agreeing.

Previously, in the ergency departnt, her biggest challenge in advancing from resident to attending physician was scientific research papers.

The workload of the ergency departnt is well-known in the hospital, especially in ga-sized hospitals like Eastern Hospital.

So, just managing to handle daily work was already challenging, let alone doing research and writing papers.

Most importantly, the scope for conducting research in the ergency departnt, which is more focused on pre-hospital ergency care and triage, is very limited.

As they were chatting, Tian Zhen hurriedly ran into the office and said to Zhao Heng, "Dr. Zhao, she’s awake."

"Awake? Are you referring to bed number 5?"

Zhao Heng asked.

"Yes, the patient in bed number 5 just woke up."

Tian Zhen nodded.

"Let’s go."

Without hesitation, Zhao Heng said.

Shortly after, Zhao Heng, Liu ng, and Tian Zhen arrived at bed number 5, the bed of the poisoned girl.

Just three days ago, Zhao Heng had perford a neural stem cell transplant on this girl. Although he had anticipated it, her waking up this quickly was still a bit unexpected.

As they approached the bed, Zhao Heng saw the poisoned girl slowly open her eyes with a dazed look. Clearly, the period of coma had sowhat dulled her thinking.

"Nannan, you’re awake! You scared your mom to death!"

The girl’s mother, standing by the bedside, said excitedly upon seeing her daughter awake.

The girl’s father, also standing by the bed, appeared to be a middle-aged man of intellect, wearing glasses. Though relieved to see his daughter wake, his expression was complex.

As a respected university professor, he felt he had failed in educating his younger daughter. Not only were her grades poor at school, but her ntal resilience was also lacking.

He had already investigated why she took the dication to harm herself—her grades in the mid-term exam were a bit low, and she couldn’t handle it rationally, attempting suicide.

He wondered whether it was his educational approach that was flawed, or if it was the fault of the school’s teachers.

"Dr. Zhao, does waking up an she’s recovered?"

The girl’s father sighed and asked Zhao Heng.

"Yes, waking up indicates that her brain function has recovered."

Zhao Heng nodded.

"Thank you, Dr. Zhao, for all your effort during this ti."

The girl’s father was still very polite, having observed Zhao Heng’s professional attitude during these tis.

As a university professor, he recognized talent. He knew that a doctor like Zhao Heng was a rare find in the current dical field.

"Although she’s awake, further recovery will take so ti. During this period, try to avoid any strong emotional stimuli for her."

Zhao Heng nodded, advising.

Even though the poisoned girl had awakened, the deep coma and dication had left so impacts on her brain. Strong emotional stimuli could potentially trigger epilepsy or other neurological disorders.

"Understood, Dr. Zhao. We’ll be mindful."

The girl’s father nodded. He hadn’t planned to criticize or interrogate his daughter imdiately after she woke up. Her suicide attempt had also prompted him and his wife to reflect on their educational approach and whether they had been insufficiently attentive to their daughter’s needs, rendering her ntally fragile.

Zhao Heng shared a few more recovery tips before returning to the office with Liu ng.

"Dr. Zhao, this patient is the second one where you’ve used neural stem cell transplantation to promote waking, right?"

Liu ng couldn’t help but ask.

Previously, Sun Xinxin’s awakening had created quite a stir in the dical circle, as she hadn’t woken even after three months at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic.

"Yes, but this case is different from Sun Xinxin’s. This is a case of deep coma induced by brain function damage due to drug poisoning, which isn’t as challenging as Sun Xinxin’s case."

Zhao Heng explained.

"Still, it’s very impressive. Generally, for patients in a deep coma, predicting the waking ti is difficult. Waking within a month would already indicate excellent recovery and treatnt effectiveness."

Liu ng expressed her admiration.

In modern dicine, everything is already very procedural; nearly every disease has a corresponding treatnt procedure, so achieving such a good treatnt effect is already quite remarkable.